Fire in the Jemezby Thomas W. Swetnam, Regents’ Porfessor of Dendrochronology, Emeritus
Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Jemez Mountains Tree-Ring Lab. Jemez Post, March 21, 2017http://www.jemezpost.com/2017/03/21/1263/
This article from the Jemez Post describes the FHiRE (Fire and Humans in Resilient Ecosystems) project. This collaborative research project was started in 2011, and involved a group of scientists, forest managers and Jemez community members. It aimed at reconstructing the long-term human, forest and fire histories on the Southern Jemez Plateau.

The field of adaptive management has been embraced by researchers and managers in the United States as an approach to improve natural resource stewardship in the face of uncertainty and complex environmental problems. Integrating multiple knowledge sources and feedback mechanisms is an important step in this approach. Our objective is to contribute to the limited literature that describes the benefits of better integrating indigenous knowledge (IK) with other sources of knowledge in making adaptive-management decisions. Specifically, we advocate the integration of traditional phenological knowledge (TPK), a subset of IK, and highlight opportunities for this knowledge to support policy and practice of adaptive management with reference to policy and practice of adapting to uncharacteristic fire regimes and climate change in the western United States.

As Tribes and federal management agencies increasingly interact to manage land and resources, how do these entities most effectively collaborate? This article explores the different types of collaborative processes that have been used in particular contexts (contractual, co-management, cooperative, conservation easement, working relationship), and how these processes work towards meeting the desired outcomes of all parties involved.

While the potential benefits to incorporating TEK and local ecological knowledge (LEK) in conservation have been explored at length, practical application of it has proven to be difficult. This article explores attitudes towards biodiversity, current management practices, and effective integration models for including TEK and local knowledge in forest conservation in the Pacific Northwest.

Introduction: Theme Issue: Native American Land Management Practices in National Parks